GAGANDEEP KAUR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 120 CRWP-6060-2026 (O&M). Date of Decision: 26.05.2026. Gagandeep Kaur and another ....Petitioners. VERSUS State of Punjab and others ....Respondents. *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH --- Present: Mr. Bachanpreet Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) CRM-W-769-2026 Application is allowed and marriage photographs are taken on record as Annexure P-5, subject to all just exceptions. Main Case 1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of directions to official respondent Nos.2 and 3, to provide protection of lives and liberty of the petitioners, who have married against the wishes of private respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No.1 – Gagandeep Kaur, aged 20 years and petitioner No.2 – Amanpreet Singh, aged 21 years, have solemnized marriage on 19.05.2026, against the wishes of their family members, arrayed as respondent Nos.4 to 7. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that it is the first marriage of both the petitioners. It has been submitted that the private respondents a